Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-08
GENERAE

| opened at Kiel, Germany, on the 29th-
| FORTY conspirators against the Spanish
Government have been arrested at Ponce,
| Porto Rico.
REPORTS from Austria and Hungary show
| that the wheat, rye and barley crops are far
| above the average. In Hungary the yield
of wheat is 8, $50, 900 and in Austria q, 0OO,
| 600 hectolitres above the average
AN earthquake was felt in the City OF
| Mexico on the morning OF the 18th. No
great damage was done.
Two convicts escaped recently from the
penitentiary at Kingston, Ont
NUMEROUS tenant farmers in the county
of Limerick, ireland, have decided to apply
for a revision of rents under the new law.
THE steamer Richmond Hill brought a
valuable dismantled schooner into Halifax,
N S., the other morning. The crew were
saved.
PRoF. CHEvREUI, the French chemist,
was one hundred and one years old on the
31st He was in perfect health and attend
ed meeting of the Agricultural Society,
and made speech thanking the colleagues
for n BOG det which they had presented him.
THE London Standards correspondent at
Shanghai SAYS: There is strenuous oppo-
sition TO the new banking syndicate. The
college of censors has presented a memo
rial to the throne against the scheme. Ii
Hung Chang is almost alone in supporting
ably be modified"
TIE town of Boppard on the Rhine, was
partially destroyed by fire the other day,
and q large number of persons were left
without homes.
THE Baltimore & Ohio Express Com
pany's bL siness has been sold to the United
States Express Company. Jay Gould is
said to be the real purchaser, and reports
state that Garrett has also sold the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad and telegraph, or
placed the property in the hands OF the
Drexel, Morgan & Co. syndicate, being
hard up for money.
PRINCE NAPOLEON and Prince Victor have
written to ex-Empress Eugene asking to
be excused from attending the transfer of
the remains of Napoleon III. and the Prince
Imperial from Chiselhurst to Marlborough
on the ground that it would be impolitic
for the father and son to meet each other.
IT is announced that L. V. Powderly, gen.
eral master workman of the Knights of
Labor, will go to Ireland in October to
take an active part in the national move
ment.
The rents on the Lurgan estate at Haze
ballou, Ireland. has been reduced more
than fifty per cent by the Irish Land Court.
SEVEN new cases of cholera and four
deaths were reported in the island of Malta
on the 3lst.
PRANzINI, the murderer of Nine. Reg
naxlt, her maid and Il child, was executed
at Paris on the 3lst. He struggled desper-
ately with his eXecutioners before being
guIllotined. A bowling and disorderly mob
was present.
JUDGE ZUBIA assaulted Consul Brigham
at Paso de- Norte, Mexico, on the Both by
striking him with a cane. Zubia claimed
to have been insulted.
THE Bank of England has advanced its
rate of discount from three to four per
cent.
THE Pope has received $4,000 contribu-
tions, to be devoted to paying the expenses
of his jubilee mass.
FIRE in Cairo, Egypt, the other day de-
stroyed block in the center OF the town,
causing heavy loss.
PRINCE BISMARCK has instructed the pro-
vincial governments of Germany to pro-
mote the interests of trade guilds.
THE propeller Jay Gould, bound for
run aground on the west end OF
Bots Blanc island the other morning IN a
dense fog.
SEVERAL Russians were killed at Kashgar
during a riot occasIoned, it was
sand, by insults offered to Mohammedan
women. The Russian mission has returned
10 Khokaud.
THE vapor stove makers are contemplate
ing a move to form trust company.
MAIL advices Indicate that the troubles in
Havana were not so serious as reported by
telegraph.
THE Papal Envoy at Tipperary recently
said the Pope loved Ireland and would do
all in his power to aid In the prosperity Of
the country.
THE LATEST.